We braved the melting snow, and went to see Craig today at last! It was a
big day for him as he was moved from the lovely single room he has been in
since admission to a ward bed in the Rehab wing.
The other beds have older men and one was snoring gustily while we visited
:) Craig was wondering how much sleep he is likely to get in this ambience
<grin>
It was great to see him still grinning and with even further movement than
before. Friday he graduated from a geriatric chair to a
long-straight-backed wheel chair. He was in it for two hours. Then
Saturday he was wiped out and could do nothing but sleep:( Sunday he was up
for about a half hour and today, because of the move, did not get the
opportunity, but now that he is on the Rehab floor he will no doubt be
forced into more vigorous efforts!
I read him all your messages and he said he would formulate an answer to you
all and give it to his Mom to E Mail to me so I will post that when it
arrives.
To correct some previous mis-information I passed on: He is not going to
have a second round of IGG - it was a possibility if he seemed to plateau -
but since progress is continuing that is not the plan. The 3rd MRI (I do
not know when) is for the brain and as Craig understands it if there is NO
Plaque seen there we can rule out MS - If there is plaque there - this does
not mean a definitive diagnosis of MS. Naturally we are all hoping that the
brain MRI is clear! Why is it we seem to feel better about things when we
can finally put a name to it? Has anyone any experience with similar
testing for definitive diagnoses??
He is in good spirits though tiring when we saw him at the end of a busy day
moving all the accumulated paraphenalia of an 8 week stay in hospital to his
new address:)
Will keep you all posted on his progress, thank you again for all your
wonderful notes & prayers
God Bless
JanB